Joshua Reynolds MP: written questions 2025
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British Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British citizens to transmit their citizenship to their children born abroad.
Answer: There are already provisions in sections 2 and 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 for children born abroad to British citizens to acquire citizenship, either automatically, or by registration where the child or parent can demonstrate a connection to th...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of legislation that exempts the conversion of buildings to nursery use from requiring planning permission on the adequacy o
Answer: The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 groups together uses which have similar land use impacts into classes, allowing flexibility to change between uses within each class without the need for an application for planning permission. Since ...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordShellfish: Animal ExperimentsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the inclusion of decapod crustaceans in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in the contex
Answer: The Government is committed to an evidence-based approach to improve welfare standards for decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs, and Defra has commissioned research and will seek expert opinion to inform any future policy decisions. The Secretary o...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: MaidenheadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dental services in Maidenhead.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments from April 2025 and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGCSE and IGCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure academic consistency between (a) GCSEs and (b) iGCSEs; and whether she has held discussions with (i) teachers and (ii) parents on perceptions of the differences bet
Answer: International GCSEs, which includes iGCSEs, and GCSEs in England are different qualifications. Unlike GCSEs, international GCSEs are not developed by the department, regulated by Ofqual or funded for use in state schools. International GCSEs have also not...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase core funding for GP practices.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million into core funding for general practice (GP) to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.Under recent...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support GP practices to (a) recruit and (b) retain skilled practitioners.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.Under recent...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: UnemploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of GP unemployment.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.Under recent...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool LibrariesDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it a statutory requirement for schools to have libraries; and whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that all schools have access to we
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Maidenhead to the answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25150.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVE Day: AnniversariesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will issue guidance to local authorities to waive street party fees for celebrations commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe.
Answer: On 5 March 2025, Minister Peacock, Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wrote to all local authorities regarding the 80th anniversaries of Victory in Europe (VE) and Victory over Japan (V...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: MaidenheadDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent persistent flooding in (a) Cookham and (b) Hurley.
Answer: Environment Agency (EA) teams are working with colleagues from Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council to improve knowledge and understanding of the flooding that has occurred during the last two years of higher-than-average rainfall. The EA is en...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: Capital PunishmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to take steps to intervene in the case of Iranian citizens Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani; and whether he plans to have discussions with his Ir
Answer: The UK opposes the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We have repeatedly called on the Islamic Republic to establish a moratorium on executions, including through a Human Rights Ambassadors joint statement at the Human Rights Cou...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFluorinated Gases: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will meet with manufacturers from the (a) heating, (b) refrigeration and (c) air conditioning industries to discuss the inclusion of mandatory training for flammable refrigerants
Answer: The GB F-gas review is ongoing, and we are in the process of developing proposals for amending the F-gas legislation in Great Britain. We intend to go out to consultation on proposals for reform in due course. Defra officials have ongoing and valued engag...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFluorinated Gases: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will publish the consultation on fluorinated gas regulation.
Answer: The GB F-gas review is ongoing, and we are in the process of developing proposals for amending the F-gas legislation in Great Britain. We intend to go out to consultation on proposals for reform in due course. Defra officials have ongoing and valued engag...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the most recent date on which Israeli officials entered the Department's buildings on Whitehall.
Answer: The last visit by Israeli officials to the Ministry of Defence Main Building took place on Wednesday 5 February 2025.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to reform the Carer’s Allowance system.
Answer: We have announced the highest ever increase to the Carers Allowance earning limit, started considering the feasibility of a taper instead of the earnings threshold and launched an independent review of Carers Allowance overpayments.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payments in covering additional costs associated with disability.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution to the extra costs that may arise from a long-term disability or health condition. PIP is a non-contributory, non-means-tested, additional cost benefit and can be worth over £9,500 a year, tax fr...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24388More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people HMRC has identified as being liable for the Loan Charge who have not yet (a) paid and (b) settled to avoid it (i) in total and (ii) by Parliamentary constituency.
Answer: HMRC has previously estimated that around 40,000 individuals and 5,000 employers were liable to the Loan Charge and were yet to settle with HMRC, including those who had settled some but not all of their liabilities. This information is not available at p...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: MaidenheadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to open one of the new seven day Community Diagnostic Centres at St Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead.
Answer: St Marks Hospital is currently hosting temporary activity for Slough Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Maidenhead whilst the permanent site at Upton Community Hospital in Slough is being completed. All diagnostic activity will move to Upton Hospital la...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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